MPD Operation Street Sweep 23

Earl Davis was arrested inside a home with notices on the windows that sated the house was condemned. Davis was arrested during Operation Street Sweep 23 after undercover OCU officers made drug purchases at the home.

Memphis Police Department Organized Crime Unit conducted an undercover investigation targeting street level narcotics sales in the City of Memphis. The case began on August 10, 2009 and continued through October 26, 2009. Members of the OCU use caution while entering the apartment of Earl Davis during Operation Street Sweep 23 on Saturday.

Joseph Guy, AKA "Crazy Joe," 55, was picked up at 102 W. Byfield Dr. by the Organized Crime Unit Saturday November 14, 2009. Guy yells at police while his friend Sharlyn Warren tries to talk to him through the police car window.

Vernon Gamble, 46, was picked by the Organized Crime Unit Saturday November 14, 2009. He was taken to jail for selling narcotics.

Dewayne Stout, who according to police is a documented Grape Street Crip with the alias Cocaine Wayne, was arrested as a result of an OCU undercover operation called Street Sweep XXIII. After being arrested Stout continued to say he was going to be sick and began sweating profusely and drooling. Officers believed he might have swallowed some drugs before they entered his apartment.

A man is escorted by OCU to the MPD transport van for his trip to 201 Poplar for booking November 14, 2009.

Early Saturday morning the Organized Crime unit of the Memphis police department headed out to try and arrest 51 people who had been indicted on drug charges. They were people between ages 17 and 58 including five gang members. Officers started looking for David Riley (pictured) in South Memphis.

Children at the corner of Gillie and Cleoford watch police as they searched for Derrick Williams in their neighborhood. Early Saturday morning the Organized Crime unit of the Memphis police department headed out to try and arrest 51 people who had been indicted on drug charges. They were people between ages 17 and 58 including five gang members.

Paul Guy, 34, was picked up at 90 W. Byfield Dr. by the Organized Crime Unit Saturday November 14, 2009. He was taken to jail for selling narcotics.

Melvin Jackson gets his paperwork written up after he is picked up for a warrant by the Organized Crime Unit November 14, 2009.

Early Saturday morning the Organized Crime unit of the Memphis police department headed out to try and arrest 51 people who had been indicted on drug charges. They were people between ages 17 and 58 including five gang members. Officers started looking for David Riley in South Memphis, a neighbor watched from her doorway as police surround his house.

An officer keeps his handcuffs with in an easy reach in anticipation of a quick arrest.

Earl Davis was arrested inside a home with notices on the windows that sated the house was condemned. Davis was arrest during Operation Street Sweep 23 after undercover OCU officers made drug purchases at the home.

Police arrested Marcus Gant at 4216 University. Early Saturday morning the Organized Crime unit of the Memphis police department headed out to try and arrest 51 people who had been indicted on drug charges. They were people between 17-58 including five gang members.

A puppy gets tangled in the feet of Fredrick Gardner who was arrested at 3817 Chelsea around lunch time. Early Saturday morning the Organized Crime unit of the Memphis police department headed out to try and arrest 51 people who had been indicted on drug charges. They were people between ages 17 and 58 including five gang members.

A pound of marijuana was seized by the Organized Crime Unit Saturday November 14, 2009 during a traffic stop during Operation Street Sweep 23.

A pit bull keeps a close eye on an MPD organized crime officer as they search for a resident of a home on Whitefox in South Memphis November 14, 2009

An officer with the Organized Crime Unit holds a public nuisance order on the boarded up door at 833 Manfield while waiting for a nail gun. The home was shut down after an undercover operation revealed an organized group of Grape Street Crips operating their drug sales out of the home.

A Memphis Police Department Organized Crime Unit officer wears a medallion on the outside of his bullet-proof vest while working the streets of Memphis during Operation Street Sweep 23.

A woman gives an earful to an OCU officer on the porch of a home on Nathan after Kendrick Smith was arrested in the yard for a warrant issued as part of Operation Street Sweep 23.

Earl Davis was arrested inside a home with notices on the windows that sated the house was condemned. Davis was arrested during Operation Street Sweep 23 after undercover OCU officers made drug purchases at the home.

Earl Davis was arrested inside a home with notices on the windows that sated the house was condemned. Davis was arrested during Operation Street Sweep 23 after undercover OCU officers made drug purchases at the home.

As OCU officers rolled up to a house on Carpenter to arrest Earl Davis, a young man was detained outside the home for possesing this one gram bag of marijuana. Davis was arrested during Operation Street Sweep 23 after undercover OCU officers made drug purchases at the home.

Carlos Dorsey was in the wrong place at the wrong time. When OCU officer arrived at a house on Carpenter to arrest Earl Davis from an undercover operation Dorsey was discovered inside the condemned home with an outstanding warrant.

A young girl watches from a porch on Nathan in Binghampton after OCU officers arrested Kendrick Smith in the yard during Operation Street Sweep 23. Smith was arrested for selling narcotics to undercover officers.

Arthur "Slim" Foreman is picked up for a warrant by OCU on Medley, in South Memphis November 14, 2009.

A suspected smoke house two doors down from Arthur "Slim" Foreman on Medley, in South Memphis November 14, 2009. Police say drug users smoked crack in this abandoned house.

Imprints of what once was a lively neighborhood on Medley in South Memphis is now surrounded by boarded up homes that junkies use to smoke dope.

Children at the corner of Gillie and Cleoford watch police as they searched for Derrick Williams in their neighborhood. Early Saturday morning the Organized Crime unit of the Memphis police department headed out to try and arrest 51 people who had been indicted on drug charges. They were people between 17-58 including five gang members.

Men wait in the MPD transport van for their trip to 201 Poplar for booking November 14, 2009.

A young man is escorted by OCU to the MPD transport van for his trip to 201 Poplar for booking November 14, 2009.

Arthur "Slim" Foreman is picked up for a warrant by OCU on Medley, in South Memphis November 14, 2009.

A woman is cuffed during a MPD round up for warrants November 14, 2009.

Willie Jackson sits in the back of MPD car during an OCU roundup for warrants November 14, 2009

Memphis Police Department Organized Crime Unit conducted an undercover investigation targeting street level narcotics sales in the City of Memphis. The case began on August 10, 2009 and continued through October 26, 2009. Herbert Smith(cq), aka Popeye, was apprehended during Saturday's Operation Street Sweep 23.

Memphis Police Department Organized Crime Unit conducted an undercover investigation targeting street level narcotics sales in the City of Memphis. The case began on August 10, 2009 and continued through October 26, 2009. While handcuffed, Teriney Fox(cq) applies lip gloss while waiting for transport to the jail. Fox was arrested on an outstanding warrant during Operation Street Sweep 23.

Memphis Police Department Organized Crime Unit conducted an undercover investigation targeting street level narcotics sales in the City of Memphis. The case began on August 10, 2009 and continued through October 26, 2009. Members of the OCU question residents of an apartment complex near South Third and Belz during Saturday's Operation Street Sweep 23.